State ex rel. Cole v. Griffith
Annotate this CaseIn 2001, Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree assault, first-degree burglary, and two counts of armed criminal action. Petitioner was sentenced to death for the murder. The convictions were affirmed on appeal. In On February 25, 2015, the Supreme Court scheduled Petitioner’s execution for April 14, 2015. Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was incompetent to be executed under Ford v. Wainwright, Panetti v. Quarterman, and Mo. Rev. Stat. 552.060.1. Petitioner asked the Supreme Court to issue a writ prohibiting his execution and to appoint a special master to conduct an evidentiary hearing to adjudicate his claim of incompetency. Petitioner also sought a stay of execution while his incompetency claim was adjudicated. The Supreme Court denied the habeas petition on the merits and overruled the accompanying motion for a stay of execution as moot, holding that Petitioner was not incompetent to be executed under Ford, Panetti, or section 552.060.1.
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